Ahcom v. Smeding – Altered Egos Redux

Last month, this blog featured a preliminary post onÂ Ahcom Ltd. v. Smeding (9th Cir. Oct. 21, 2010, Docket No. 09-16020), a decision restating and reemphasizing the Ninth Circuit’s position that a creditor of a corporation in bankruptcy has standing to assert a claim against the corporation’s sole shareholders on an alter ego theory.

More recently, the Insolvency Law CommitteeÂ of the California State Bar’sÂ Business Law Section released an insightful and helpful e-bulletin discussingÂ the Ahcom decision’s impact on commercial bankruptcy practice in California.